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||1646 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719) | ||1646 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719) | ||
File:Blaise Pascal.jpg|link=Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|1662: Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher [[Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|Blaise Pascal]] | File:Blaise Pascal.jpg|link=Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|1662: Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher [[Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|Blaise Pascal]] dies. He did pioneering work on calculating machines. | ||
||1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. | ||1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. | ||
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1662: Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal dies. He did pioneering work on calculating machines.
1822: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre dies. He was one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas.
1823: Red Eyes Fighting depicts martial artist and crime-fighter Red Eyes breaking up a math lab.
1906: Inventor Philo Farnsworth born. He will make many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
1993: Actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian confirms that he personally designed the computational security protocols featured in the action-adventure film Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.
1994: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling dies.